If Tigray is suffering terrible deprivation, where do the #TPLF find the resources to start another war? War is expensive. It requires constant resupply of weapons, munitions, vehicles, food, emergency trauma care, and intelligence technology. #Ethiopia reuters.com/world/africa/f…

IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME: Stealing humanitarian aid & starving people of Tigray, Ethiopia for int'l attention *is* the ethnofascist TPLF's story. A 2010 BBC report found much of the Live Famine Aid 1985 money was used by TPLF to buy weapons. WATCH: youtu.be/UJmkjDN2RbQ #NoMore

Indeed. I agree with Ethiopia's Ambassador to France. #Ethiopia theafricareport.com/240684/ethiopi…

Looking forward to attending the #NordiCHI2022 workshop "Co-Imagining Participatory Design in Religious & Spiritual Contexts" tomorrow! I wrote a short piece of speculative design fiction for this. If you're curious to read something a bit...different: bit.ly/sacranet 👀

Thank you so much for having me Estelle Smith 🌟! I feel honored 🎖 to be the 1st lab member, and with the opportunity to work with HCI+Spirituality. Equally 👌 excited 😊 🤗

Thank you 😊 @kathringerling, verovandenabeele for all the years of guidance, this became possible because of you! 🙏 I hope to keep you proud in my future endeavors as well.Estelle Smith 🌟

Learn all the things at #chiplay2022! 🧑‍🏫🧑‍🎓 Curious about the challenges & opportunities industry collabs might offer? 🤝 Pejman Mirza-Babaei & Jess Tompkins got you covered in their Masterclass! More info 👉 buff.ly/3DOgYdd #CHIPLAY #sigchi ACM SIGCHI

RT🙏! I'm recruiting my first #HCI/CS PhD student(s) for Fall 2023 CS@Mines Colorado School of Mines. Looking for folks who are driven to design real world sociotechnical interventions for mental health & spiritual care in collaboration w/clinical partners & online communities🧵

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church is under systemic attack! oikoumene.org/news/wcc-expre…

A student of mine is seeking adult participants who have received a formal ADHD diagnosis. The project aims to understand how tech can support challenging diagnostic processes. There is no participant compensation, but please send a DM if you're interested in a 30-45 min. chat!

Congratulations to Alemitu Mequanint Bezabih Alemitu Bezabih (PhD) on obtaining her Ph.D. degree with the title "Interactive Technology to Support HIV Management in Adolescents in Ethiopia"!

Imagine, a mother uncertain about how to tell her little cute one that s/he has HIV😕. What can technology provide to support parents facing disclosing sensitive health information to children? Our paper at #CHI2023 has answers! dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/35…

What do you think is most likely to happen with the #RedditBlackout? (Responses 1 & 2 imply the blackout will end; responses 3 & 4 imply the API fees will remain as they are.)

We are especially focused in the areas of quantum computing and machine learning. Please share with your networks!

Thank you for your emphasis on the concept of deliberately redesigning social media (technology) with a focus on enhancing human well-being and promoting a fulfilling experience, as opposed to exacerbating the frenetic and distracting aspects of contemporary living.🙏

The health blogging platform CaringBridge expanded its reactions from 1 💓 option to a set of 4: 💓🙏😃😢. How did patient & caregiver users perceive this [contentious!] update?! See new #CSCW2023 work by Estelle Smith 🌟 Hannah Miller Hillberg & Zachary Levonian: tinyurl.com/thoughts-praye…

Add this Health Support paper session on Weds, 10/18, 2:30-4pm CST to your #CSCW2023 schedule! 📅 programs.sigchi.org/cscw/2023/my-s… I'm presenting on the release of new reactions on CaringBridge & discussing design opps in computer-mediated communication during health crises.

I'm presenting on the release of new reactions on CaringBridge during the #CSCW2023 Health Support session (chaired by Jessica Pater, PhD) at 2:30pm! ✅ Product Release: 💓 ➡️ 💓🙏😃😢 ✅ We surveyed 800+ users ✅ We interviewed 13 users in-depth **Serious design tensions ensued.**

Pleased to announce our workshop paper "Toward LLM-Powered Social Robots for Supporting Sensitive Disclosures" The HRI Conference with ShadiNrz and Estelle Smith 🌟 . We explore how social robots can assist in sensitive disclosures, addressing technical, ethical & privacy concerns.

We've been studying student adoption of LLMs at Colorado School of Mines. Get a first glimpse of the university-wide data in our The HRI Conference workshop paper (bit.ly/HRI-LLM-2024) with Alemitu Bezabih (PhD) ShadiNrz, Bo Wu, and Gabe Fierro.